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I'm 15 years old and am interested in starting martial arts. I have narrowed it down to judo or jujitsu. Is 15 a good age to start. When did you guys start doing martial arts, did any of you start at ...

I'm a natural flexible person.
I can't do a full split, or fit inside a small box but I kinda can lick my elbow and stood up and then put my hands on the floor with my legs extended.
But in the past ...

I have always wondered how to measure the calories expenditure from a training session (I practice Aikido, but this is a general question regardless of art or style) and I have found little advice on ...

I am between 15 and 16 years of age, currently training in Shūkōkai karate, and am close to achieving my 1st Dan black belt. I was debating whether to try another style alongside my current training. ...

I have moved cities and have found a new Muay Thai gym. The training in this gym is very different. When they train they use thai pads less often and do drills. When doing the drills they hit quite ...

I have never practiced any form of martial arts nor do I have any knowledge of the different forms of martial arts.
I'm considering joining a mixed martial arts gym, however I wonder about what are ...

I'm staying alone at home. Can I learn martial arts on my own? It's dangerous in the place where I'm staying. There are many thefts. I want to learn Martial Arts on my own because I'm poor. I can't ...

This is kinda a tangent of my benefits of training to fight multiple attackers question.
Although I have some opinions of my own, my experience with weapons training is currently very limited, so I ...

This question stemmed from a conversation I had the other day, and I thought I'd pose it on stack exchange to see what others thought.
Nowadays, in most competition formats, if not all, the fight is ...

During my career (i've trained at a couple of places) I've participated in several drills where a group of people surrounded a single guy and at a call of a number would attack the guy in the middle ...

I was wondering if an explosive forward movement can help in self defense to counter-attack an opponent, or to simply reduce him before he surprises you with a weapon, or reduce him before he can even ...

I asked a BJJ coach about running. He told me that running a long distance with the same pace affects the muscles negatively. It makes you react slower during a BJJ fight. Is this true? If yes, how ...

I'm not sure that the terms I'm using are standard, or that I'm explaining them well. Comments and feedback are welcome. Let me try to explain my terms, explain my assumption and then ask a question.
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okay so here how it goes:
I did some punching and kicking practice. after that I took a shower and after that I suddenly felt a little different I was very clam and relaxed full of awareness. I felt ...

I basically always cut my hair right at the moment when they start getting into my eyes when training. Now I want to try and grow my hair to a half long - long hairstyle. There are some solutions I ...

I had conversation with one of the advanced students in our dojo and he strongly suggested when I'm blocking (being uke) I should take one deep breath before I attack the nage and as soon as I have ...

I have a collapsed arch in one of my feet that makes repeated jumping or low-stance work quite painful. Some instructors are not fond of students wearing shoes (even if designed for martial arts use) ...

When I'm in randori, the technique that I mostly do that works nicely is Harai Goshi, but I'm starting to get countered since I do it often. When I try to do something like Seoi Nage, I can never seem ...

I feel like when the training sessions are longer than 90 minutes, and when there is no recuperation/pause/break period, I feel drained after practice and technique and skill diminish. Is this a good ...

My oldest son (19) teaches and trains BJJ 6 days a week. He teaches and takes morning, afternoon and evening classes, plus trains MMA, does fitness training and is currently learning some boxing.
My ...

Is it possible to effectively train in two (or perhaps even more) martial arts/combat sports at the same time?
What are ways to minimize concerns like technique and muscle memory confusion?
Does it ...

I once heard a story about a Martial Art person who has broken his hand after breaking the Tiles.
The aim of story given below shows a Mind Power of Human Being.
Actually I did't remember the exact ...

I'm training for a TKD tournament. My Master is a very big proponent of counting calories, but I don't want to eat too little when I'm training intensely for the rest of the year. I obviously don't ...

I am a heavy built 180 pound 6 feet 2 inches guy. The problem however is that I have very little self confidence in my own health and strength. I catch colds easily, and can't eat all types of foods, ...

I've trained in Chun Kuk Do for years (still pursuing my black belt) and I want to cross train with grappling as to be balanced for real-world combat. My current goal is to get my black belt in this ...

I'm not yet strong enough in the legs to talk about precision, so I'll stick to punches.
Firstly, what is the upper limit of precise punches, how precise can I get them to be? Within millimeters of ...